Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 55 / Thursday, March 21, 2013 / Notices 17467 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the forty-fourth Session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on 

Standards of Training and 

Watchkeeping (STW) to be held at the 

IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 

April 29–May 3, 2013. 

The agenda items to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda; report on 

credentials 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies 

—Validation of model training courses 

—Unlawful practices associated with 

certificates of competency 

—Casualty analysis 

—Development of an e-navigation 

strategy implementation plan 

—Development of guidance for the 

implementation of the 2010 Manila 

amendments 

—Promotion of the implementation of 

the International Convention on 

Standards of Training, Certification 

and Watchkeeping for Fishing 

Vessel Personnel (STCW–F), 1995 

—Development of Guidelines for wingin-ground (WIG) craft 

—Role of the human element 

—Guidelines on how to present 

relevant information to seafarers 

—Enhancing the efficiency and userfriendliness of International Safety 

Management Code (ISM) 

—Development of Guidance for 

personnel involved with tug-barge 

operations 

—Revision of the Recommendations on 

training of personnel on mobile 

offshore units (MOUs) 

—Development of a mandatory Code for 

ships operating in polar waters 

—Review and modernization of the 

Global Maritime DIstress and Safety 

System (GMDSS) 

—Review of general cargo ship safety 

—Proposed amendment to the STCW 

Code’s colour vision requirements 

—Biennial agenda and provisional 

agenda for STW 45 

—Any other business 

—Report to the Maritime Safety 

Committee 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Mr. Breyer Davis, 

by email at breyer.j.davis@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1445, by fax at (202) 

372–1925, or in writing at Commandant 

(CG–5PS), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 

20593–7126 not later than April 16, 

2013, which is one week prior to the 

meeting. Requests made after April 16, 

2013 might not be able to be 

accommodated. Please note that due to 

security considerations, two valid, 

government issued photo identifications 

must be presented to gain entrance to 

the Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: March 12, 2013. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8243] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 

8, 2013, in Room 1422 of the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–7121. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the one-hundredth session 

of the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee 

to be held at the IMO Headquarters, 

London, England, United Kingdom, 

April 15–19, 2013. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda; report on 

credentials. 

—Monitoring the implementation of the 

2010 Protocol to the International 

Convention on Liability and 

Compensation for Damage in 

Connection with the Carriage of 

Hazardous and Noxious Substances 

by Sea. 

—Provision of financial security in 

cases of abandonment, personal injury 

to, or death of seafarers related to 

entry into force of the International 

Labour Organization Maritime Labour 

Convention, 2006. 

—Fair treatment of seafarers in the event 

of a maritime accident. 

—Piracy. 

—Collation and preservation of 

evidence following an allegation of a 

serious crime having taken place on 

board a ship or a report of a missing 

person from a ship, and pastoral and 

medical care of victims. 

—Matters arising from the 108th and 

109th regular sessions of the Council. 

—Technical co-operation activities 

related to maritime legislation. 

—Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments. 

—Application of the Committee’s 

Guidelines. 

—Election of officers. 

—Any other business, including 

reconsideration of the Committee’s 

recommendation related to liability 

and compensation issues connected to 

transboundary oil pollution damage 

from offshore exploration and 

exploitation activities. 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its 100th session. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, LCDR Lineka 

Quijano, by email at 

Lineka.N.Quijano@uscg.mil, by phone at 

(202) 372–3865, by fax at (202) 372– 

3975, or in writing at Commandant (CG– 

0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street SW., Stop 7121, Washington, DC 

20593–7121 not later than April 1, 2013, 

one week prior to the meeting. Requests 

made after April 1, 2013, might not be 

able to be accommodated. Please note 

that due to security considerations, two 

valid, government issued photo 

identifications must be presented to 

gain entrance to the Headquarters 

building. The Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance (public transportation is not 

generally available). However, parking 

in the vicinity of the building is 

extremely limited. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: March 12, 2013. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06530 Filed 3–20–13; 8:45 am] 

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